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ttlLLIA LONGIFLORA. LONG-TUBED 

 HlLLIA. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia, 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 2-plex : infcrus 6-phyllus. Cor. longiflima, contorta* 

 Cap/, 2-locularis, 2-valvis, coronata. Semina pappofa. 



* 

 Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



HILLIA longifiora; corollis fexfidis : laciniis lanceolatis re- 

 volutis, foliis ovatis acutis. Swartz Prod. 58. Obf. 

 *35« *• 5- /• *• Willd. Sp. PL v. 2. p. 239. Mart. 

 Mill. Die/, n. 1. Bot. RepoJ. 145. 



HILLIA parafitica. Sp. PL 1662. Jacq. Amer. 96. /. 66. 



FEREIRA. Vandelli in Roemer PL Hifp. up. 98. /. 6./. 8. 



This very rare plant flowered in Mr. Woodford's ftove at 

 Vauxhall, in November laft, filling the whole houfe in the even- 

 ing with its fragrance. It was imported from the Weft-Indies, 

 "where it is indigenous in feveral of the iflands, growing on the 

 mountains among the roots of trees, but not parafitical according 

 to Swartz. Jacquin fays that it occurs likewife on old 

 walls. Swartz places this genus in the natural order of 

 Contorts between Gardenia and Cerbera, but Jussieu fe- 

 parates thefe two, placing the former in the order of Rubiacea, 

 with which he joins this, the latter in that of Apocinc<e, the 

 Contorts of Linnaus. It may be confidered perhaps as 

 a connecting link between the two orders, approaching 

 nearer to Contort £ in the twifled fegments of the corolla 

 and the pappous feeds, and to Rubiace<e in habit. 



The name was given by Jacquin in honour of Sir Joiim 

 Hill, author of feveral voluminous but ufelefs Botanical 

 works. 



